More Drumming

Today I went to Golden Gate Park (GGP) in the afternoon to play the Djembe for a while, the problem was the 43 bus, it took over 40 minutes southbound because of the airshow, and was *PACKED* to the gills, once I got to Haight, I got off and *walked* from Masonic to the end of Haight, and was as fast as the bus was.

The group at GGP was especially good today, got really syncopated rhythms. There were all types of percussion instruments, a didgeridoo, sax, and trumpet…super fun.

Then I left at 7:30 walked to Cole street, and just as I got there missed a #43 by about 1/2 block…Bummed out because I waited until 8:54 for the next one…over a !@#$%@^ing hour! (I felt really ripped off that the fare is an extra quarter now, and the service SUCKS, what’s worse, is I was late to Spanish on the #24 this week, as my class was at 5:30 and I left my house at 5:30 and the bus didn’t come till 6:25, so that meant I got to class at 6:55 and was late) I don’t know how they expect to gain ridership by raising the prices, and not having busses on time. I think it’s about time to write a scathing letter to MUNI.

Grrrrr.

Published by Pete Ippel

Pete Ippel, the son of a dancer and a musician, was born in Oak Park, Illinois and has been surrounded by the arts since birth. He moved to Morris, Illinois in 1989 and started to participate in athletics rather than dance. After high school, Pete attended Cornell University where he received a BA in psychology and a BFA in photo / digital art making. He continued to follow his sporting dreams in the high jump, which culminated in a school record leap of 7 feet 1/2 inch in 2001. In May 2004 he attained an MFA degree in the New Genres department of the San Francisco Art Institute. Presently Pete is a practicing artist whose work is in numerous private collections and has been exhibited in New York, California, and internationally. Mr. Ippel resides in Working Artists Ventura, a sustainable artist community in southern California. In addition, he teaches art, is a web developer, an active blogger, and still high jumps from time to time. As a passionate problem solver and a pragmatic optimist, Pete’s art and his life are full of exciting challenges.

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